Thumb up: Impressive and inspiring results from Indian River County runners

REMARKABLE RUNNERS: Two runners from Indian River County were awfully impressive in races last weekend.

On Saturday, 90-year-old Florence Lundy of Vero Beach, set an unofficial national record for women age 90 and over in the 21st annual Jungle Club 5K with a time of 41:17.3. That shattered the record of 45:41 set in 2002, but the Jungle Club 5K was not run on a certified course so she can't officially claim a new record.

Jungle Club general manager Katie Smith said, "It definitely shows an example of how important health and fitness is at any age, whether you are 90 or 16. It's very important to stay active. She's been a member here almost 20 years and what she does is extremely impressive. It just shows her dedication and loyalty to staying healthy."

And, on Sunday, 72-year-old John Ouweleen of Sebastian, successfully defended his 2011 USA Track and Field Men's Master's Marathon national championship by winning the 70-74 age group at the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon in Minneapolis with a time of 3:15:19. Ouweleen also won the half-marathon national championship in February.

Sunday's result, he said, "is the best race I've had" as he finished 608th out of 8,781 runners overall and beat three former national champions.

Not only were the results posted by these two runners impressive, they were inspiring.